Hair-restorer



UNITED STATES ATENT' 'I FIcE.

\VILLIAM L. CROOKS, OF SONOMA, AND THIMOTHA ROBIN, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.

HAl R-REST'ORER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,67 5, datedFebruary 18, 1890.

Application filed November 5, 1889. Serial No. 329,346. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM L. (Room, of Sonoma, Sonoma county, Stateof California, and THIMOTHA ROBIN, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, both citizens of the United States, haveinvented a new and useful Composition of Matter to be Used as a HairRestorer and Invigorator; and we hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, sufficient in detail toenable others to compound and use the invention.

Our composition of matter consists of the following ingredients,combined in substantially the proportions stated, to wit: coal-tar, twoounces; soft soap, two ounces; washingsoda, one-half ounce; beef-grease,two ounces; beef-gall, eight ounces; water, one and a half ounce, towhich may be added any suitable scent to perfume the whole. Theseingredicuts are mixed as follows: First take the soap, the soda, thegrease, and the water and place them together in a kettle and apply heatuntil the boiling-point .is reached. Then while boiling add the coal-tarand the beef-gall, and as this addition reduces the temperaturebelow-the boiling-point the entire mass must be again brought to theboil. The mass is to be continually stirred and allowed to boil but avery short time-say half a minute. Then pour the whole mass into asuitable receptacle or suitable molds and allow it to cool and becomehard.

.in which the soda and the grease unite,while the beef-gall,which weregard as the essential ingredient and novelty of the composition,isintroduced as a penetrant to open the pores of the skin and clean themout, cleansing the surface as well and cutting and removing thedandruff.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The composition of matter herein described, to be used as a hairrestorer and invigorator, consisting of beef-gall combined. withcoaltar, soft soap, washing-soda, beef-grease, and Water, insubstantially the proportions stated.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

'- WILLIAM L. CROOKS.

her TIIIMOTHA ROBIN.

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W itnesscs:

ADOLPHE ROBIN, J. H. BLoon.

